Hike on into Washington Take off your every day clothes and put on your hiking clothes and go to one of the million polished bronze hills that gleam in the early sunlight make Washington what it is today. After a long tiresome day climbing up the intensely hot rock faces I bet you want to jump into a pool of ice. Well go to one of the tons of world class pools scattered all around Washington. If you want to find out more about this glorious state scroll down.
Fun Facts:
Washington is the only state to be named after a United States president.
Seattle has the first revolving restaurant
Washington produces more apples than any other state
Washington has more glaciers than the other 47 states combined.
Washington state's capitol building was the last state capitol building to be built with a rotunda.
Everett is the world's largest building
Medina is the United States wealthiest man, Microsoft's Bill Gates.
The Northwestern most point in the contiguous U.S. is Cape Flattery on Washington's Olympic Peninsula.
King county the largest county in Washington was originally named after William R. King, Vice President under Franklin Pierce; it was renamed in 1986, after civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Microsoft Corporation is located in Redmond.
state bird is the golden finch
state flower Rhododendron Macrophyllum
capital Olympia
Hike on into Washington
Take off your every day clothes and put on your hiking clothes and go to one of the million polished bronze hills that gleam in the early sunlight make Washington what it is today. After a long tiresome day climbing up the intensely hot rock faces I bet you want to jump into a pool of ice. Well go to one of the tons of world class pools scattered all around Washington. If you want to find out more about this glorious state scroll down.
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Fun Facts:
Washington is the only state to be named after a United States president.
Seattle has the first revolving restaurant
- Washington produces more apples than any other state
- Washington has more glaciers than the other 47 states combined.
- Washington state's capitol building was the last state capitol building to be built with a rotunda.
- Everett is the world's largest building
- Medina is the United States wealthiest man, Microsoft's Bill Gates.
- The Northwestern most point in the contiguous U.S. is Cape Flattery on Washington's Olympic Peninsula.
- King county the largest county in Washington was originally named after William R. King, Vice President under Franklin Pierce; it was renamed in 1986, after civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Microsoft Corporation is located in Redmond.
state bird is the golden finchstate flower Rhododendron Macrophyllum
capital Olympia
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